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Weekend Lyrid Meteor Shower Visible From Earth

Posted by timothy on from the big-dark-blue-room dept.

jamaicaplain writes "The annual Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak this weekend and promises to put on an eye-catching display. NASA scientists plan to track the Lyrid meteor shower using a network of all-sky cameras on Earth, as well as from a student-launched balloon in California. Meanwhile, an astronaut on the International Space Station will attempt to photograph the meteors from space."

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  1. Re:I misread this post by ozduo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who says they were heathen, they could have worshiped the supernatural too!

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    I got to the chocolate box before you, that's why the hard ones have teeth marks.
  2. Re:Visible from ? by a_hanso · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Mars has meteor showers too, [oblig]you insensitive clod[/oblig]